Day: July 27, 2025

  • Astoria, 19 Years Later

    In a recent work “hangout” chat, I mentioned in passing that some day I’d like to get out to the Oregon Coast again. As someone who neither owns or operates a motor vehicle I’m reliant upon tourism services, twice-daily bus service, or the kindness of friends to see the ocean so it doesn’t happen very often. One of my coworkers noted in the chat that, in fact, they had an Astoria trip planned for late July and would I be interested in a lift to & from?

    Sure I would!

    Thus preparations began and so, yesterday, I went on a little tourism adventure.

    This model, available for viewing at the Heritage Museum in Astoria, Oregon, depicts a mockup of a dog-powered wheel used to churn butter. No, I am not making this up.

    Commence a lot of walking punctuated by museum visits and stone benches.

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